Improvement in handles of brushes and brooms



L. F. CAVANAUGH.

Attaching Brushes to Handles;-

Patented July 1, 1851.

PATENT QFFICE.

L KE F. OAVANAUGH, or NEWFIELD, NEWYORK.

IMPROVEMENT IN HANDLES OF BRUSHES AND BROOM'S.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 8,200, dated July 1, 1851. i

To aZZ whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, LUKE F. OAVANAUGH,

- of Newfield, in the county of Tompkins and State of New York, have invented certain Improvements in Connecting Brushes, 850., with their Handles; and I do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, andexact description of the principle or character which distinguishes them from all other things before known, and of the usual manner of making, modifying, and using the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, of whicha t Figure 1- is a side view and section of a brush, and Fig. 2 a view and section of one differently constructed.

My improvements consist in apparatus by which the bristles or the materials of which brooms, brushes, mops, &c., are constructed may be attached to their handles in such a manner that when worn out or disarranged they can be removed or replaced with little trouble by the user, thereby saving the expense of an entire new article.

The drawings show two modes of constructin g the article, the principle being the same in-- each. It consists of two jaws a, Ct,WhiGh hold thebristles 1) between them. Each jaw has a piece 0 projecting from it, forming a T, and

they "are connected together when made, as in Fig. l,by a piece d, having two arms with oblong heads which are inserted through slots in the pieces 0, and when turned to its proper position the heads hold the parts together. When constructed as in Fig. 2, projections e are added to the inner sideof the pieces 0, having dovetailed cavities within them, into which the double dovetail f fits and thus unites them, leaving sui'ficient play to allow the jaws to close on the bristles. The pieces cl orf are on the heads of a screw g, onto which a the handle it is screwed, and the handle being made conical when screwed onto the screw 9 the cone is forced between the eX- tremities of the pieces 0, spreading them conical end of the handle,substantially in the manner and for the'purpose set forth.

LUKE F. GAVANAUGH.

lVitnesses: 1

EDWARD EVERETT, WM. GREENOUGH. 

